IT WAS a temptation she couldn't resist. Heat slid over her skin, igniting every nerve ending, making her hyper-aware of each breath she drew in. Tension. Anticipation. Longing. All combined in her muscles, clamored for release. Demanded she unleash the more primal part of herself kept under wraps for far too long. It was July, it was hot and... more...

"In this day and age, is it bad for a woman to yearn for some good, hot, anonymous sex?" Nina Leonard sat back and took a sip from her extra-large white ceramic cup of latte, waiting for KevinWeber and Patrick Gauge's responses. She'd intended her words to be shocking. Had wanted them to reflect the chaos she'd been feeling lately after a long period... more...

Hot breath created a steamy dampness on her neck, challenging the summer heat for dominance… Her nipples awakened to tingling life under the attention of his roaming hands… She tightened her thighs, trapping his hips, a moan building in her throat… Heidi Joblowski arched her back against the cool sheets and slid her hands down to cup Jesse's bottom,... more...

The week-old text message read: Gone back 2 Jen. Been nice. Sorry. Lizzie Gilbred sat on her family-room sofa, clicking the cell phone to reread the message from her boyfriend—scratch that, her ex-boyfriend—Jerry, her thumb hovering over the delete button. It had been seven days. Surely the words were burned forever into her brain by now. She saved... more...

Eric Armstrong had come home on leave to surprise his online dream woman… instead, she was the one who'd surprised him. He sat on his cot in the base barracks, staring at the name scribbled on a slip of paper he held in his hands. Much as he had in the days since he'd accepted the real name of "Samantha" from Tommy "The Tech" Onassis. After she'd... more...

Fire chief Dan Egan pilots a helicopter with Dr. Natalie Giroux aboard to make an emergency airlift. A full-blown electrical storm hits. Lightning strikes the chopper. An emergency landing is their only hope?. The forced landing strands Dan Egan and Natalie Giroux on a remote island in Courage Bay. Being isolated with Dan both frightens and excites... more...

What a difference two months made. Or, rather, it was noteworthy how much the passage of time had affected Carter Southard's view of reality. He no longer woke up abruptly looking for a wall of bars that blocked him from the rest of the world. He didn't tense up when he passed a patrol officer on the road while driving his Harley, checking his rearview... more...

Wildewood Ranch lay an hour and a half outside San Antonio and had been in the Armstrong family for four generations. It boasted over twenty thousand acres of rich southwest Texas land, twenty-six ranch hands and five thousand head of Angus cattle. And twenty-nine-year-old Trace Armstrong was the successful manager and half owner of the whole operation.... more...